So, where to even begin? My favorite portion was somewhere between "d" and "h," when the text discussed memoirs, the unreliability of memory, etc. I'm also in the creative nonfiction class right now, and as Rachel pointed out, we've already touched a bit on how creative nonfiction is based on fact, but not necessarily entirely factual, since as authors we put our own biased, and often distorted, "spin" on things.
Another passage I found interesting was on page 92: "...in this rush of technological innovation, we've lost something along the way and are going back to find it, but we don't know what that thing is. Eating genetically altered, neon-orange bananas, we aren't getting what we need, and we know something is missing. We're clinging to anything that seems "real" or organic or authentic. We want rougher sounds, rougher images, raw footage, uncensored by high technology and the powers that be." Strangely enough, that quote made me think of the Victorian Literature class I took a couple years ago. I remember discussing how the Victorians reacted to the Industrial Revolution by viewing the pastoral societies of the past through a very nostalgic lens. It made me realize that this hunger for "reality" is really nothing new; it's just another cycle that our society is going through as we react to the changes that are constantly taking place around us. It's just another search for someplace "safe," someplace that means something. Maybe even someplace real--without the quotation marks.
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